Ben Grossman Brings the Music to Guelph Through Silence (The Secret Ingredient - 19-11-13)
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The founder of Guelph’s own Silence, Ben Grossman, joins us in the studio today to talk live music and how Silence has become a locally iconic epicenter of culture in Guelph. Grossman also brings up the science fair meets party meets nerd-fest event known as Handmade Music, which offers participants a chance to try DIY music and instrument making. He argues that improvisation is no longer merely an embodiment, but instead a metaphor for social intervention. Looking at book The Fierce Urgency of Now by Daniel Fischlin, Ajay Heble, and George Lipsitz, we discuss freedom, improvisation, and its relation to social interaction. "Why is it that when I go out to see music and art, I want to be challenged? For me, that is the secret ingredient in art." – Ben Grossman Fischlin, Daniel, Ajay Heble, and George Lipsitz. The Fierce Urgency of Now: Improvisation, Rights, and the Ethics of Cocreation. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013.
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